D. M. FERRY & CO'S 



WATEE MELON-Black Spanish. 



Moimtain Sprout. — A large, long, 

 striped variety, with bright scarlet flesh, 

 and drab-colored seeds ; it differs from 

 the Mountain Sweet in color and shape, 

 is rather late, and will keep longer in 

 the fall ; one of the best in ever}' re- 

 spect. 



Ice Cream. — Medium size, scarlet 

 flesh, sweet ; a gcod variety for main 

 crop. 



Orange. — An oval melon ; skin, 



green ; flesh, scarlet, of good quality, 



and is peculiar in that the flesh may be 



separated from the rind, like an orange. 



Chinese Scnlptnred Seeded. — A 



new and remarkably early variety, and 



of most delicious 



flavor. Flesh, 



cream color; 



shell, green,strip- 



ed. The seeds 



are of singular 



form. 



Citron. — Em- 

 ployed in making 

 preserves ; grows 

 uniformly round 

 and smooth, 

 striped and mar- 

 bled with light 

 green; fle?h, 

 v.-hite and solid ; 

 seeds, red. 



D. M. Ferry 

 & Co's Peer- 

 less. — This is 

 ungues ti onably 



WATEE MELON— Mountain Sprout. the best Water 



Melon in cultivation. Of medium size, tkin rind, light mottled green j fleshy 

 bright scarUt, solid to the center, crisp, melting, and sweet as honey. Our 

 stock of this variety all came from one melon, selected several years ago. 



Culture. — They require a light, sandy soil, not over rich. Plant them in 

 hills, as directed for Musk Melons, giving them more room, as their vines 

 extend much farther. Seed two years old is preferable for planting. If they 

 are wanted of a large size, three or four melons from each plant will be suffi- 

 cient, and when only one is allowed to grow from each plant, they will grow to 

 twenty or thirty pounds weight each. If they are planted near other varieties 

 of vines, they will hybridize, and greatly injure the flavor of the fruit. 



